Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, whether the Construction Industry Training Board has been instructed by her Department to cancel its procurement process for a provider of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training, procurement reference BIP830543659.

There should be no external equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) spend in the Civil Service unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.

The provider contract for equality diversity and inclusion is due to expire on 31 March 2026. We do not intend to terminate it early.